Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Twin Cities Area
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City